Ethnomethodological study on laboratories in the science and technology field: focusing on it's educational function

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23701006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Saitoh Yoshiko 名古屋大学, 高等教育研究センター, 助教 (90344077)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 研究室教育 / 研究指導 / 大学院教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In the present study, laboratories in the field of science and technology had been observed together with making interviews. The study has brought knowledge on how the activity and life in laboratory affect to the student development, what are the intentions of supervisors, how those intentions are recognized and understand (or failed) by students. The brought knowledge had been further discussed with higher education scholars and practicing research supervisors for the sake of elaboration.
Final results had been used to write articles which are appeared as five chapters in the newly published book (translation of the title: “Instruction in Higher Education No.5: Research Supervision,” Tamagawa University Press, 2018) .

Free Research Field

科学技術社会論、高等教育論